Presidents
nickname for the Kennedy administration
camelot
was used to increase the number of soldiers in vietnam
Draft
led to the ban on segregation in public places
Civil rights act of 1964
the most trusted man in America
Walter Cronkite
name of a P.O.W. camp in Vietnam
Hanoi Hilton
his domestic plan was called "The Great Society"
Johnson
massacre that took place during the vietnam war that killed 400 civilians
my lai
led to the space race taking off in the 60s
Sputnik 1
Strong Herbicide that killed vegetation
Agent Orange
He was the leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
He was Eisenhower's vice president
Nixon
Famous POW who went on the be a long time senator
John Mccain
Hotel where DNC head quarters were broken into
Watergate
Year the Vietnam war was escalated
1964
happened in 1975 and brought a final end to the vietnam war
fall of saigon
Date of the Kennedy Assassination
November 22, 1963
gave the president congressional approval to escalate the vietnam war
gulf on tonkin resolution
pathway to get supplies to south vietnam
Ho chi minh trail
Method of dealing with people President Johnson used to get his way.
The Johnson treatment
south vietnamese that helped north vietnam
Viet cong
Gave the checkers speech
Richard Nixon
policy of helping the south Vietnamese run their own country and military
failed attempt to overthrow castro and invade cuba
bay of pigs invasion
City where President Kennedy was assassinated
Dallas, Texas
U.S. Military plan to bomb North Vietnam
Rolling Thunder